A book I revisit every few years. It's taught me to be honest with myself even if the social norms aren't in alignment with I'm doing.
It's also gave me a deeper understanding of my fellow man and why some are fine with handouts from others.
It's also where I learned the $ symbol is made from the U and S from United States.
John Rogers
I certainly wouldn't promote objectivist an-cap policy writ large, but there are truthful elements in both Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. I specifically like how Ayn Rand draws a link between collectivism and racism, which was truthful in the era she was writing in. A rare perspective.
Objectivism and Anarcho-Capitalism are distinctly different, though they share much.
Objectivism accepts that a government is necessary, and places in it the legitimate use of force.
Anarcho-Capitalism holds that government is not necessary, and that no individual or organization may legitimately initiate force against another.
You can also see http://www.shmoop.com/atlas-shrugged/dollar-signs-symbol.htm... which discuesses this.
"The dollar sign? [It stands] for a great deal. It stands on the vest of every fat, piglike figure in every cartoon, for the purpose of denoting a crook.... It stands – as the money of a free country – for achievement, for success, for ability, for man's creative power – and, precisely for these reasons, it is used as a brand of infamy....It stands for the United States."
> It's taught me to be honest with myself even if the social norms aren't in alignment with I'm doing.
Especially this.